Thursday, May 22, 2014

May 22 News Update


McDonald's workers protest low wages, more than 100 arrested
McDonald's closes HQ amid protest
Workers target McDonald's headquarters

Brazil bus driver strike enters second day
Japan court rejects startup of 2 nuclear reactors
Probe finds scant oversight of chemical plants
New Mexico: 500 barrels of questionable nuke waste
Verizon Retail Workers Win Union Vote—First to Do So
People's Climate March to Target System 'Powering Our Destruction'
A Texas miracle or a mirage?
Learning from a socialist in Seattle
Fifth NFL Cheerleader Wage Theft Suit Filed
Patients Lose When Doctors Can’t Do Good Physical Exams
Christie's Pension Payment Reduction Plan Sparks Lawsuit From CWA
Union wants hospitals to disclose employees on public assistance
Picket planned by union workers from 11 Absolut Care nursing homes
U.N. report: 21 million workers in forced labor
California transit authority settles civil rights lawsuit
Santa Cruz becomes first California county to ban fracking
Consumer bureau slow to fix age, minority bias: union leader
B.C. Teachers threatened with partial lockout
With New Bill, Limits on Abortion Spread in South *
Detroit Pension Proposal Gets an Angry Reception *

Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

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